Warning system and method using spatio-temporal situation data

ABSTRACT

The warning system using spatiotemporal situation data according to the present invention comprises: a situation detection unit including a sensor module for sensing human-related data in environments requiring an early warning concerning security and anti-crime situations; a situation recognition unit which is configured to set a sensing region to be sensed by the situation detection unit and event conditions according to the spatiotemporal situation data, set a human subject as a human sensing condition according to the spatiotemporal situation data, and determine the occurrence of an event by comparing the human-related data sensed by the situation detection unit with data about the set sensing region, the event condition data according to the spatiotemporal situation data.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a Section 371 National Stage Application ofInternational Application No. PCT/KR2015/001186, filed on Feb. 5, 2015,the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in itsentirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to an autonomous warning technology usingspatio-temporal situation data, and more particularly, to a warningmethod and system using spatio-temporal situation data, in which asurrounding situation signal is detected and received by a detectionunit including one or more sensor modules in an environment requiring anearly warning for security and anti-crime situations such asborder-crossing, infiltration, theft, assault, and kidnapping so that acurrent situation can be determined and a warning signal can beautonomously transmitted to a control center of asecurity/anti-crime-related organization or a person who can give a helpto others by using situation data obtained by combining event signalsregarding security and crime prevention with spatio-temporalsituation-specific conditions.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, examples of a method for ensuring security and crimeprevention include an artificial surveillance method performed by aperson in charge of security and crime prevention, a remote surveillancemethod using a surveillance or monitoring camera, and a dangeroussituation transmission method using a sensor of a terminal carried by anindividual. Meanwhile, the remote surveillance method using asurveillance camera is divided into two schemes: a manual scheme inwhich a surveillant is a human and a fully-automatic scheme in which asurveillant is a mechanical system.

In the case of the artificial surveillance method, the artificialsurveillance is performed by a relevant person who is in charge in crimeprevention or personnel of a private security and anti-crime company inan anti-crime site.

However, at present, most countries encounter realistic problems in thatthey absolutely lack in relevant anti-crime personnel compared topersonnel engaged in an area requiring security and crime prevention,and much economic burdens are imposed on the countries in order toentrust the supply of the relevant anti-crime personnel to privatesecurity and anti-crime companies.

In an attempt to solve such problems, most countries adopt a remotesurveillance system using a surveillance camera installed on ananti-crime site. In addition, a service increases annually in which asecurity program is installed on a smartphone that is simple andconvenient for an individual to carry so that personal security-relatedinformation is transmitted to a control PC of a security-related agency

However, the dangerous situation transmission method using a sensor of aterminal carried by an individual has a limitation in detection of asituation based on a sensor. Therefore, since it is difficult for thedangerous situation transmission method to expect to have a greateffect, there is a need for a more accurate detection method in thepersonal security field.

An image surveillance system of detecting the occurrence of anyparticular act or accident is recognized as being most important in theresearch fields using human tracking.

The reason for this is that as a society advances, the importance of thesafety of individuals and facilities are highly recognized in a publicplace as well as a personal space

As a modern society increasingly follows a trend toward informatization,unmannization, automatization, and computerization, the safety ofindividuals and the safety in a place of business continuously appear asimportant issues. Thus, efforts for protecting and managing theproperties and the safety of individuals and the place of business havebeen made continuously. The importance and coverage of the security hasbeen widened to major facilities, public offices, schools, enterprises,and private homes. Therefore, there is a need for the recognition of theimportance and the development of the image surveillance system.

A typical example of such an image surveillance system includes acontrol (or surveillance) system using a network camera (CCTV). The CCTVcontrol system is evolving drastically along with the development of animage input technology, an image transmission technology, and an imageoutput technology.

An up-to-date CCTV control system outputs images inputted from aplurality of cameras on a plurality of monitors arranged inside acontrol center or arranges and outputs a plurality of lattice-shapedimages on a single monitor. Then, an operator or a manager performs asurveillance activity while observing images outputted on the monitor.

By the way, the number of the network cameras used in the control systemis increasing over time, thus leading to a great increase in the amountof the image data inputted to the control system. Such an increase inthe image data acts as a transmission load in a network, thus resultingin a degradation of image quality.

For example, if the number of the network cameras is greater than 100,all of the images are not outputted on the monitor screen at one time,but are outputted in such a manner as to circulate the whole images. Inaddition, there occurs a problem in that a resolution of the imagesbeing outputted is degraded.

Further, it is difficult to know where two-dimensional images displayedon a monitor are located due to an increase in the number of the networkcameras, which causes a problem in that the degree of understanding ofimages is decreased. Therefore, there is a need for the development ofan intelligent control system for rapidly processing and efficientlymonitoring video image data increasing by a user.

In the meantime, since a conventional surveillance method in which anoperator or a manager performs a surveillance activity while observingimages output on the monitor depends on a continuous observation by ahuman, it is inefficient and has a high risk of missing an abnormalsituation as a surveillance target due to a reduction in the ability toconcentrate. Therefore, the development and research of an intelligentsurveillance system has been made continuously.

The intelligent surveillance system refers to a system that analyzesimages inputted from a camera in real-time, and detects, tracks andsorts a moving object.

In particular, information on an object is provided to a manager inreal-time by determining whether or not the object generates an eventcorresponding to a security polity, and a function of post managementand prevention can be maximized after storing related data and eventinformation.

A research on an up-to-date object detection and tracking system is madefocusing on a particular scene or situation rather than the movement ofan object. For example, an active shape model (ASM) has been proposedwhich analyzes the outer components of the object existing in an imagebased on a training set consisting of human-shaped models to estimatethe most similar model in the training set.

In addition, in order to solve a problem such as an overlappingphenomenon, a model-based algorithm using extraction and analysis of ahuman-like silhouette from an image has been proposed, and a real-timeblob (Blob) tracking algorithm using a human as a model has also beenproposed.

As another conventional method, a method has been proposed which employsthe support vector machine (SVM) to create a pattern and statisticallyanalyze the pattern using wavelets as features of objects existing in animage. Also, a method has been proposed which separately creates apedestrian pattern and a non-pedestrian pattern, respectively, using asimple and rapid Adaboost algorithm in order to recognize a pedestrian.

Besides, various methods have been proposed which effectively andaccurately detects an object to attempt an access according to dataanalysis, but a research has not been sufficiently made yet on a methodof analyzing an image while being targeted to a specific situation.

In this case, situation information regarding the specific situationgenerated by the object substantially includes all the informationavailable at the time point when an interaction is made between users,and information that can be detected by an application as part of anapplication operation environment. In order to implement such anintelligent (smart) environment, situation recognition and informationcollection are needed by sensors having various kinds and functions suchas temperature, humidity, illumination, pressure, acceleration,gradient, camera, infrared ray(IR), visible light, motion, magneticfields, etc. Particularly, since the location of an object is importantinformation for the purpose of situation recognition and informationcollection, a research on various services is in progress.

The recognition of who (i.e., an object) does what where is required torecognize a situation.

In order to recognize information on “who”, as of now, it is required toidentify each ID of objects to be tracked as a factor critical in thepervasive computing environment.

In recent years, an automatic object recognition and tracking technologyin the video sequence is applied in a variety of fields such as anunmanned surveillance system, an intelligent transportation system, amilitary system, etc. However, the automatic object recognition andtracking technology enables the grasping of the number of trackingobject, and the recognition of a boundary line intrusion and a definedbehavior pattern, but still entails a problem in that it cannot identifyan ID of an object which it is desired to track.

Meanwhile, in order to recognize information on “what”, it is requiredto recognize a correct location and behavioral pattern. However, theinformation processing technology based on images has a difficulty inextracting features due to interference of light, shadow, and noise.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of a situationinformation recognition technology that can more effectively recognize asituation of “who does what where” in order to construct a situationrecognition system for implementing a variety of useful services.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve theabove-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an objectof the present disclosure to provide a warning system usingspatio-temporal situation data, in which a surrounding situation isdetected by a situation detection unit including a sensor module fordetecting at least one surrounding situation information among position,video, audio, vibration, motion and environment information of anenvironment requiring an early warning for various types of security andanti-crime situations so that event data regarding security and crimeprevention is combined with a plurality of time slot-specific situationdata obtained by temporal means and spatial situation-specific dataaccording to the environments, thereby warning an external system and aportable terminal in a more accurate and rapid manner.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a warning methodusing spatio-temporal situation data, in which a surrounding situationis detected by a situation detection unit including a sensor module fordetecting at least one surrounding situation information among position,video, audio, vibration, motion and environment information of anenvironment requiring an early warning for various types of security andanti-crime situations so that event data regarding security and crimeprevention is combined with a plurality of time slot-specific situationdata obtained by temporal means and spatial situation-specific dataaccording to the environments, thereby warning an external system and aportable terminal in a more accurate and rapid manner.

Technical Solution

To achieve the above and other objects, in accordance with oneembodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a warning methodusing spatio-temporal situation data, including: a situation detectionunit including a sensor module for detecting at least one human-relateddata among position, video, audio, vibration, motion and environmentinformation of an environment requiring an early warning for varioustypes of security and anti-crime situations; a situation recognitionunit 30 for setting one or more detection regions which are to bedetected by the situation detection unit and event conditions based onspatio-temporal situation data, setting a human individual as a humandetection condition based on the spatio-temporal situation data,comparing the human-related data detected by the situation detectionunit with data regarding the set detection regions, data regarding theevent conditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred, and transmitting a warning signal to an external terminalthrough a communication network if it is determined that the event hasoccurred; a storage unit for storing the human-related data detected bythe situation detection unit, the data regarding the detection regionsset by the situation recognition unit, the data regarding thespatio-temporal event conditions of humans to be detected, and the dataregarding the human individual; a time data reception unit for receivingcurrent time information; and an input unit for inputting thespatio-temporal situation data on which the setting of the detectionregions to be detected, the human individual, and the event conditionsis based.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, thetime data reception unit may receive exact time data necessary to allowthe situation recognition unit to compare the spatio-temporal situationdata and the data regarding the human individual of the human with thedetected human-related data to determine whether or not the event hasoccurred at the moment when the human is detected by the situationdetection unit.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, thehuman detection condition of the human individual, which is set by thesituation recognition unit 30, may be composed of threshold values suchas situation-specific images of the human according to expectedspatio-temporal situation-specific activity patterns of a human whoperforms border-crossing/infiltration/theft/assault/kidnapping,stumbling or swinging motion, voice, footstep and distinctive movementspeed/direction, and noises made by the human.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, theevent conditions according to the spatio-temporal situation-specificactivity patterns, which are set by the situation recognition unit mayinclude at least one of the following detection conditions:

A. Border-Crossing/Infiltration Detection Condition

(A) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human determined asa human individual is detected as moving at a speed lower than a certainspeed set by an operator at a certain distance set by an operator who islocated near a detection region at a certain time set by the operator;and

(A-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human detected inthe above condition (A) is detected as abutting against the outermostportion of the detection region, the human detected in the abovecondition (A) is detected as entering the outside or the inside of thedetection region after passing through the outermost portion of thedetection region, or the human detected in the above condition (A) isdetected as moving in a certain direction set by the operator in a stateof having entered the outside or the inside of the detection region.

B. Article Theft Detection Condition

(B) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human determined asa human individual is detected as moving at a speed lower than a certainspeed set by an operator at a certain distance set by an operator who islocated near a detection region at a certain time set by the operator;and

(B-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human detected inthe above condition (B) is detected as abutting against the outermostportion of the detection region, the human detected in the abovecondition (B) is detected as entering the outside or the inside of thedetection region after passing through the outermost portion of thedetection region, the human detected in the above condition (B) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator after combining with an object of acertain size in a state of having entered the inside of the detectionregion, or the human detected in the above condition (B) is detected asmoving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than a certain speedset by the operator in a state of having entered the inside of thedetection region.

C. Assault/Kidnapping Detection Condition

(C) a case where a condition is satisfied in which at least two humansdetermined as human individuals are detected as moving at a speed lowerthan a certain speed set by an operator while approaching each other ata distance shorter than a certain distance set by the operator at acertain time set by the operator;

(C-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a scream- orviolence-related noise detected for more than a certain time from anyone of the detected at least two humans based on the spatio-temporalsituation data in the above condition is greater than a scream- orviolence-related noise reference set by the operator, and then thescream- or violence-related noise is not re-detected within a certaintime or a laughing sound is not detected at least once;

(C-2) a case where a condition is satisfied in which certain data set bythe operator is detected from any one of the detected at least twohumans for more than a certain time set by the operator in the abovecondition (C);

(C-3) a case where a condition is satisfied in which vehicle-relateddata and certain data set by the operator are detected from any one ofthe detected at least two humans for more than a certain time set by theoperator in the above condition (C);

(C-4) a case where a condition is satisfied in which if the certain datadetected from any one of the detected at least two humans in the abovecondition (C-3) has a level lower than that of the certain data in theabove condition (C-2), any one of the detected at least two humans holdsa smartphone SP installed with the warning system S usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 1, and at which timethe situation recognition unit 30 of the terminal C automaticallytransmits a warning signal to a certain contact C set by the operatorand does not receive, more than the number of times set by the operator,a signal from a person concerned of the contact C set by the operator;and

(C-5) a case where a condition is satisfied in which if any one case isfulfilled from among the case where data in which the smartphone SProams around or goes far away from a certain area is detected for morethan a certain time set by the operator, the case where the warningsystem S using spatio-temporal situation data is terminated withoutundergoing a certain termination process, and the case where the warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data is not operated for morethan a certain time set by the operator from a time point when dataregarding the abnormal termination situation is transmitted to aterminal C of the person concerned, in the above condition (C-3), theinventive system S installed in the terminal C primarily automaticallytransmits a warning signal to the certain contact C set by the operator,at which time if the system does not receive, more than the number oftimes for more than a certain time set by the operator, a signal from aperson concerned of the contact C set by the operator, the inventivesystem S installed in the terminal C secondarily automatically transmitsthe warning signal to the certain contact C set by the operator and thendoes not receive, more than the number of times for more than a certaintime set by the operator, a signal from the person concerned of thecontact C set by the operator.

To achieve the above and other objects, in accordance with anotherembodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a warning methodusing spatio-temporal situation data, including the steps of: (1)allowing a situation recognition unit to determine whether or nothuman-related data of at least one of detection regions is inputtedthrough a sensor module of a situation detection unit; (2) allowing thesituation recognition unit to compare the inputted human-related datawith preset human individual data and determine whether or not theinputted human-related data is a human individual of the preset humanindividual data; (3) allowing the situation recognition unit todetermine whether or not the detection region of which the inputtedhuman-related data is determined as the human individual is any oneselected from among a border-crossing/infiltration detection region, anarticle theft detection region, and an assault/kidnapping detectionregion, and then store the human-related data in a storage unit; (4)allowing, if it is determined that the detection region is theborder-crossing/infiltration detection region, the situation recognitionunit to compare the detected human-related data with data regarding setdetection regions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred; (5) allowing, if itis determined that the detection region is the article theft detectionregion, the situation recognition unit to compare the detectedhuman-related data with data regarding set detection regions, dataregarding the event conditions based on the spatio-temporal situationdata, and data regarding the human individual to determine whether ornot an event has occurred; (6) allowing, if it is determined that thedetection region is the assault/kidnapping detection region, thesituation recognition unit to compare the detected human-related datawith data regarding set detection regions, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred; and (7) allowing, if is determined that any one of aborder-crossing/infiltration event, an article theft event, and anassault/kidnapping event has occurred, the situation recognition unit totransmit a warning signal to an external terminal through acommunication network.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, asecurity/anti-crime event may include (A) a border-crossing/infiltrationevent, (B) an article theft event, and (C) an assault/kidnapping event,and each of these events may be composed of subroutines.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, thespatio-temporal situation data may include data regarding a particulartime slot-specific physiological pattern and a particular timeslot-specific social pattern that are distinct from other creatures,data regarding time slot-specific crime rates, data regarding aphysiological behavior pattern and a social behavior pattern that aretaken by the human at the place at a particular time slot in a criminalsituation, and data regarding a particular behavior pattern associatedwith a criminal situation at the place, may be configured based onstatistical data and scientific data, and may be used as a standard datathat determines a threshold value for the detection of the event by thesituation recognition unit.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, theexternal terminal to which the warning signal from the situationrecognition unit is to be transmitted may be a control PC of a CCTVcontrol center, a police operation room, or a smartphone and may receivethe warning signal from the situation recognition unit, and atransmission contact number of the situation recognition unit may bedirectly set by an operator through the input unit.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, thewarning system using spatio-temporal situation data may be installed andoperated in a smartphone and a CCTV control PC of an individual and anenterprise requiring security/anti-crime.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, thesituation-specific image data used to detect the human among dataregarding the human individual set by the operator may be set as a longelliptical shape similar to the outward appearance of a human, a shapein which a small circle similar to the shape of a head portion of thehuman and a long elliptical shape similar to that of a body portion ofthe human under the head portion are combined with each other, or ashape in which the small circle similar to the shape of the head portionof the human and a long rectangular shape similar to that of the bodyportion of the human under the head portion are combined with eachother.

In this case, the image data may be detected as a human when it isdetermined that a situation of the figure is a form in which the figureis generally perpendicular to the ground surface and a moving speed is a‘walking or running speed’ or when it is determined that the figure is aform in which the figure is generally in parallel with the groundsurface and the moving speed is a ‘crawling speed’ in the case where theimage data is a distinctive figure in which a relatively small andround-shaped figure abuts against the uppermost end of the longelliptical shape or the long rectangular shape of the figure, or theimage data may be detected as a human when it is determined that asituation of the figure is a situation in which the figure stays at aplace for more than a certain period of time set by an operator′ in thecase where the image data is a round circular shaped figure, and theimage data is detected as an animal in the case other than theabove-described conditions. In addition, a sensor module of thesituation detection unit for detecting the human based on the image dataperforms a detection function through at least one of a camera sensorand a motion sensor, and a sensor module for detecting the ‘walking orrunning speed’ of the human performs a detection function through atleast one of a camera sensor, a microphone, and a vibration sensor.

Advantageous Effect

The warning system and method using spatio-temporal situation data inaccordance with the present disclosure as constructed above have thefollowing advantageous effects.

At least one human-related data of an environment requiring an earlywarning for various types of security and anti-crime situations isdetected and the detected human-related data is combined with thespatio-temporal situation data to determine whether or not an eventoccurring is event data regarding security and anti-crime andautonomously give a warning so that a real-time rapid response can bemade.

In addition, the use of a variety of spatio-temporal situation dataother than video data enables the highly accurate determination of awarning situation only with less computer resources so that thedisadvantages of a conventional image surveillance system can beovercome and the system construction costs can be significantly reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above objects, other features and advantages of the presentdisclosure will become more apparent by describing the preferredembodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a warning systemusing spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure is operated to monitor thesurrounding s of a barbed wire fence of a border;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure detects intrusion and assault.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure detects kidnapping.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a warning method using spatio-temporalsituation data in accordance with an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a border-crossing/infiltration detectionprocess in a warning method using spatio-temporal situation data inaccordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an article theft detection process in awarning method using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance withan embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an assault/kidnapping detection processin a warning method using spatio-temporal situation data in accordancewith an embodiment of the present disclosure.

** Explanation on reference numerals of main elements in the drawings **S: warning system using spatio-temporal situation data SP: smartphoneinstalled with a warning system using spatio-temporal situation data 10:sensor module 20: situation detection unit 21: cable line L21~L23:detection region 30 situation recognition unit 31: input unit 32:storage unit 33: time data reception unit 40: communication network C:external terminal V1: first patrol direction V2: second patrol directionS401-S403: humans S404: border barbed wire fence L1: boundary line L2:imaginary line orthogonal to L1 M21-M26: figure set with human imagedata A21-A22: figure set with animal image data A: animal

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Thematters defined in the description, such as the detailed constructionand elements, are nothing but specific details provided to assist thoseof ordinary skill in the art in a comprehensive understanding of theinvention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodimentsdisclosed hereinafter.

Now, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be describedhereinafter in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that the same elements in the drawings are denoted bythe same reference numerals although shown in different figures.

In addition, in the following description, the detailed description onknown function and constructions unnecessarily obscuring the subjectmatter of the present disclosure will be avoided hereinafter.

Besides, it is, of course, to be noted that the preferred embodiments ofthe present invention will be described hereinafter, but the technicalfeatures of the present disclosure may be modified by a person ofordinary skill in the art without being limited thereto so that thepresent disclosure can be carried out in various forms.

The terms or words used in the specification and the claims of thepresent invention should not be construed as being typical or dictionarymeanings, but should be construed as meanings and concepts conforming tothe technical spirit of the present invention on the basis of theprinciple that an inventor can properly define the concepts of the termsin order to describe his or her invention in the best way.

Additionally, in the specification, when a portion “includes” anelement, it is meant to include other elements, but not exclude theother elements unless otherwise specifically stated herein.

In addition, the terms such as “ . . . unit” and “module” described inthe specification means units that performs at least one function oroperation, which may be implemented by software or hardware, or acombination of software and hardware.

First, a warning method and system using spatio-temporal situation datain accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention willbe described hereinafter.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a warning systemusing spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

The warning system S using spatio-temporal situation data in accordancewith the present invention includes: a situation detection unit 20including a sensor module 10 for detecting at least one human-relateddata among position, video, audio, vibration, motion and environmentinformation of an environment requiring an early warning for varioustypes of security and anti-crime situations; a situation recognitionunit 30 for setting a plurality of detection regions L21-L23 which areto be detected by the situation detection unit and event conditionsbased on spatio-temporal situation data, setting a human individual as ahuman (S401-S403) detection condition based on the spatio-temporalsituation data, comparing the human-related data detected by thesituation detection unit 20 with data regarding the set detectionregions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred, and transmitting awarning signal to an external terminal C through a communication network40 if it is determined that the event has occurred; a storage unit 32for storing the human-related data detected by the situation detectionunit 20, the data regarding the detection regions L21-L23 set by thesituation recognition unit 30, the data regarding the spatio-temporalevent conditions of humans S401-S403 to be detected, and the dataregarding the human individual; a time data reception unit 33 forreceiving current time information; and an input unit 31 for inputtingthe spatio-temporal situation data on which the setting of the detectionregions to be detected, the human individual, and the event conditionsis based.

The sensor module 10 includes a GPS 15 attached to various types CCTVcameras or portable terminals such as smartphones, a motion sensor(e.g., an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and a microwave sensor)13, an acceleration sensor 14, a gyro sensor 16, a light sensor, avibration sensor 17, a microphone 12, and a camera sensor 11. The sensormodule 10 detects an environment requiring an early warning for varioustypes of security and anti-crime situations.

The human (S401-S403) detection condition of the human individual, whichis set by the situation recognition unit 30, is composed of thresholdvalues such as situation-specific images (M21-M26) of the humanaccording to expected spatio-temporal situation-specific activitypatterns of a human (S401-S403) who performsborder-crossing/infiltration/theft/assault/kidnapping, stumbling orswinging motion, voice, footstep and distinctive movementspeed/direction, and noises made by the human (S401-S403).

The situation-specific image data (M21-M26) used to detect the human(S401-S403) among data regarding the human individual set by theoperator is set as a long elliptical shape similar to the outwardappearance of a human, a shape (see M21-M26) in which a small circlesimilar to the shape of a head portion of the human and a longelliptical shape similar to that of a body portion of the human underthe head portion are combined with each other, or a shape in which thesmall circle similar to the shape of the head portion of the human and along rectangular shape similar to that of the body portion of the humanunder the head portion are combined with each other. In this case, theimage data is detected as a human when it is determined that a situationof the detected human is a form (M23) in which the figure is generallyperpendicular to the ground surface and a moving speed is a ‘walking orrunning speed’ or when it is determined that the figure is a form (M22)in which the figure is generally in parallel with the ground surface andthe moving speed is a ‘crawling speed’ in the case where the image datais a distinctive figure in which a relatively small and round-shapedfigure abuts against the uppermost end of the long elliptical shape orthe long rectangular shape of the figure, or the image data is detectedas a human when it is determined that a situation of the detected humanis a situation in which the detected human stays at a place for morethan a certain period of time (e.g., 5 minutes) set by an operator′ inthe case where the image data is a round circular shaped figure, and theimage data is detected as an animal (A) in the case other than theabove-described conditions.

The spatio-temporal situation data includes data regarding a particulartime slot-specific physiological pattern (e.g., a pattern of sleepingafter 10:00 p.m. at night, or the like) and a particular timeslot-specific social pattern (e.g., a pattern of going to work at08:00-09:00 a.m.) that are distinct from other creatures, data regardingtime slot-specific crime rates (e.g., an sharp increase in crime ratesof a particular playground for children after 16:00 p.m.), dataregarding a physiological behavior pattern (e.g., a pattern in which anadult male who does not suit the playground walks suddenly in a fastwalking manner after committing a crime) and a social behavior pattern(e.g., a pattern in which a human who commits a crime hangs around astore whose business hours are ended as a socially very awkward behaviorpattern) that are taken by the human at the place at a particular timeslot in a criminal situation, and data regarding a particular behaviorpattern (e.g., a pattern in which a short child and a tall adultsuddenly approach each other closely in a state of being are separatedfrom each other in the playground, and then they move together afterstaying there for about five minutes) associated with a criminalsituation at the place, is configured based on statistical data andscientific data, and is used as a standard data that determines athreshold value for the detection of the event by the situationrecognition unit, so that a warning for the security and anti-crimesituations can be given in a more accurate and rapid manner.

An information processing technology using an image of an existing imagesurveillance system for security and crime prevention has a difficultyin extraction of features due to interference of light, shadow andnoise. Furthermore, such a conventional information processingtechnology entails a problem in that since the situations such asviolence, theft, and the like are inferred with only image dataacquired, accurate results are very difficult to obtain and a lot ofresources are required.

In other words, it is very difficult for a system to infer thesituations such as violence, kidnapping, theft, and the like instead ofa human with only a human's behavioral image detected by the imagesurveillance system for security and crime prevention and much cost isrequired. Therefore, in order to improve this problem, it is requiredthat time data and spatial data having the characteristics capable ofsimultaneously grasping various items of information be acquired.

A human being has a physiological pattern that is distinct from ananimal. In addition, a human being lives a social life, and thus has atime slot-specific social pattern according to jobs and surroundingenvironments.

For example, some people get up at 8:00 a.m. whereas some people get upat 14:00 p.m. In addition, some stores close at 22:00 p.m., and someshops open for 24 hours a day. In this case, if someone hangs around fora while at 23:00 p.m. in front of a store that usually closes at 22:00p.m., an owner of the store cannot help suspecting him.

In other words, an unmanned surveillance device can easily grasp a‘suspicious situation’ based on spatio-temporal situation data obtainedby combining video data obtained by capturing an image of a stranger whohangs around in front of the store, social life pattern data of theowner of the store that usually closes at 22:00 p.m., time data of 23:00p.m., and general physiological pattern data that most people must stayat home at 23:00 p.m.

When the unmanned surveillance device determines such spatio-temporalsituation data and transmits a warning signal to a terminal of the storeowner, he or she will solve a problem after arriving at his or herstore. If the data obtained by the unmanned surveillance device ismerely video data, a system will have a great difficulty in determiningthe ‘suspicious situation’ instead of a person.

As another example, it can be assumed that someone crosses over theborder into South Korea in a barbed wire fence area on the Koreanmilitary demarcation line. In this case, CCTVs are installed andoperated at various points of the GOP barbed wire fence. If a person isdetected as trying to cross over the border into South Korea at about02:00 a.m., obtainable data are as follows:

1. Detection time data: If the detection time is a time other than thetime when soldiers who stand guard duty at the barbed wire fence patrolthe ceasefire line, the detected person is a person who certainly triesto cross over the border into South Korea.

2. Detection video data: The surveillance device does not need torecognize a complex gesture or behavioral pattern and it is justsufficient to detect only data that the outward appearance of a detectedobject is approximate to an elliptical shape. The reason for this isthat if a human-shaped object was detected at that time because adetermination is made by a combination of the data with ‘non-patrol’time data, the detected person is a person who certainly tries to crossover the border into South Korea.

3. Spatial data: A space of the GOP barbed wire fence has a socialpattern in which there is no person who passes by the barbed wire fenceother than soldiers who stand guard duty at the barbed wire fence.

4. Moving speed data: The person who tries to cross over the border intoSouth Korea has a physiological pattern in which he or she must movestealthily at the space. That is, the person knows that he or she mustmove slowly to avoid him or her from being revealed. Thus, if ahuman-shaped object that moves at a stealthy and very low speed isdetected, the object is certainly a kind of person who does not want tobe revealed by anyone. In other words, if any particular person isdetected at a particular time and a particular place where a person mustnot be detected, he or she is preferably classified as a very‘suspicious person’, and the spatio-temporal situation data is providedto promptly detect such a ‘suspicious person’.

As such, in a situation where only a conventional intelligent videoanalytics cannot ensure a detection accuracy of 100%, a detection ratewith an accuracy close to 100% can be implemented owing to a combinationof the video data with the spatial data, the time data, thephysiological pattern data, and the social pattern data.

In addition, the warning system S using spatio-temporal situation dataof the present disclosure can analyze a situation with high accuracythrough a combination of video data with other data (i.e.,spatio-temporal situation data) despite the simple analysis of the videodata to the maximum extent.

Further, the present disclosure enables a determination of whether ornot an event has occurred through detection and comparison ofsurrounding situation data with only relatively less resources, and canimplement a more accurate situation detection compared to a result ofdetermination based on video analysis and inference so that theconstruction cost of an expensive unmanned surveillance device can beexpected to be significantly reduced.

The situation recognition unit 30 sets a plurality of detection regionsL21-L23 and event conditions based on spatio-temporal situation data,sets a human individual as a human (S401-S403) detection condition basedon the spatio-temporal situation data, compares the surroundingsituation data detected by the situation detection unit 20 with dataregarding the set detection regions L21-L23, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred, and transmits a warning signal to an external terminal Cthrough a communication network 40 if it is determined that the eventhas occurred.

The external terminal C to which the warning signal from the situationrecognition unit is to be transmitted is a control PC of a CCTV controlcenter, a police operation room, or a smartphone and receives thewarning signal from the situation recognition unit 30, and atransmission contact number of the situation recognition unit 30 isdirectly set by an operator through the input unit 31.

The event conditions according to the spatio-temporal situation-specificactivity patterns, which are set by the situation recognition unit 30include at least one of the following detection conditions:

A. Border-Crossing/Infiltration Event Condition

(A) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human S401determined as a human individual M21 is detected as moving (M22) at aspeed lower than a certain speed set by an operator at a speed certaindistance set by an operator who is located near a detection region L21at a certain time set by the operator; and

(A-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human S402detected in the above condition (A) is detected as abutting against theoutermost portion of the detection region, the human detected in theabove condition (A) is detected as entering S403 the outside or theinside of the detection region after passing through the outermostportion of the detection region, or the human S402 detected in the abovecondition (A) is detected as moving S403 in a certain direction V3 setby the operator in a state of having entered the outside or the insideof the detection region L21, L1,

B. Article Theft Event Condition

(B) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human S501determined as a human individual M24 is detected as moving at a speedlower than a certain speed set by an operator at a certain distance setby an operator who is located near a detection region L22 at a certaintime set by the operator; and

(B-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a human S501detected in the above condition (B) is detected as abutting against theoutermost portion of the detection region L22, the human detected in theabove condition (B) is detected as entering M24 the outside or theinside of the detection region after passing through the outermostportion of the detection region, the human S501 detected in the abovecondition (B) is detected as moving (not shown) in a certain directionand at a speed higher than a certain speed set by the operator aftercombining with an object of a certain size in a state M24 of havingentered the inside of the detection region, or the human detected in theabove condition (B) is detected as moving (not shown) in a certaindirection and at a speed higher than a certain speed set by the operatorin a state of having entered the inside of the detection region, and

C. Assault/Kidnapping Event Condition

(C) a case where a condition is satisfied in which at least two humansS601 and S602 determined as human individuals M25 and M26 are detectedas moving at a speed lower than a certain speed set by an operator whileapproaching each other at a distance shorter than a certain distance setby the operator at a certain time set by the operator;

(C-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a scream- orviolence-related noise detected for more than a certain time from anyone of the detected at least two humans S601 and S602 based on thespatio-temporal situation data in the above condition (C) is greaterthan a scream- or violence-related noise reference set by the operator,and then the scream- or violence-related noise is not re-detected withina certain time or a laughing sound is not detected at least once;

(C-2) a case where a condition is satisfied in which certain data (e.g.,violence-related noise of 80 db) set by the operator is detected fromany one of the detected at least two humans S601 and S602 for more thana certain time (e.g., 10 seconds) set by the operator in the abovecondition (C);

(C-3) a case where a condition is satisfied in which vehicle-relateddata (e.g., vehicle door closing sound, etc.) set by the operator andcertain data (e.g., a passenger's scream or an assailant'sviolence-related noise detected after five minutes of detection of a cardoor closing noise) set by the operator are detected from any one of thedetected at least two humans S601 and S602 for more than a certain time(e.g., 5 minutes) set by the operator in the above condition (C);

(C-4) a case where a condition is satisfied in which if the certain datadetected from any one of the detected at least two humans S601 and S602in the above condition (C-3) has a level lower than that of the certaindata in the above condition (C-2) (e.g., if the certain data in theabove condition (C-3) does not reach the violence-related noisereference set by the operator), any one of the detected at least twohumans S601 and S602 holds a smartphone SP installed with the warningsystem S using spatio-temporal situation data, and at which time thesituation recognition unit 30 of the terminal C automatically transmitsa warning signal to a certain contact C set by the operator and does notreceive, more than the number of times set by the operator, a signalfrom a person concerned of the contact C set by the operator (e.g.,since the certain data in the above condition (C-3) has a level thatdoes not reach the violence-related noise reference set by the operator,anyone who can give a help contacts the detected at least one human withan intent to confirm the current situation but the assailant does notmiss the phone call. Thus this situation can be regarded as a violencesituation); and

(C-5) a case where a condition is satisfied in which if any one case isfulfilled from among the case where data in which the smartphone SProams around or goes far away from a certain area (e.g., 500 m separatedfrom the certain area) is detected for more than a certain time set bythe operator, the case where the warning system S using spatio-temporalsituation data is terminated without undergoing a certain terminationprocess, and the case where the warning system using spatio-temporalsituation data is not operated for more than a certain time (e.g., 1minute, etc.) set by the operator from a time point when data regardingthe abnormal termination situation is transmitted to a terminal C of theperson concerned, in the above condition (C-3), the inventive system Sinstalled in the terminal C primarily automatically transmits a warningsignal to the certain contact C set by the operator, at which time ifthe system does not receive, more than the number of times for more thana certain time (e.g., five seconds) set by the operator, a signal from aperson concerned of the contact C set by the operator, the inventivesystem S installed in the terminal C secondarily automatically transmitsthe warning signal to the certain contact C set by the operator and thendoes not receive, more than the number of times for more than a certaintime (e.g., five seconds) set by the operator, a signal from the personconcerned of the contact C set by the operator.

Herein, a time slot having a high possibility of occurrence of an eventin detection of the border-crossing/infiltration event is set asfollows:

In the case where the detection region is a border, the time slot havinga high possibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot(e.g., 15:00-15:10 p.m.) other than the time slot when an image isdetected in which soldiers who are in charge of performing border guardservices patrol the border. In addition, in the case where the detectionregion is a major national facility, the time slot having a highpossibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g.,21:00 p.m.-07:00 a.m.) when no one must exist averagely in thesurroundings of a barbed wire fence or a boundary wall. Further, in thecase where the detection region is rice fields or fields, the time slothaving a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set as a timeslot (e.g., 04:00-06:00 a.m.) when frequent infiltration occursaveragely. In the case where the detection region is a private home, astore or an office, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g., 19:00 p.m.-07:00a.m.) when no one must come in and go out averagely. Besides, in thecase where the detection region is an elementary school, the time slothaving a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set as a timeslot (e.g., 08:00 a.m.-16:00 p.m.) when no one must be detected exceptelementary school students averagely.

In addition, a time slot having a high possibility of occurrence of anevent in detection of the article theft event is set as follows:

In the case where the detection region is a place where the surroundingsof the detection region is patrolled periodically by a person in chargeof patrol, the time slot having a high possibility of occurrence of theevent is set as a time slot (e.g., 22:00-22:10 p.m.) other than the timeslot when an image is detected in which the person in charge of patrolpatrols the detection region. In addition, in the case where thedetection region is a place where there is no one who patrols and manypeople come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g., 01:00-04:00 a.m.)when no one must exist averagely in the surroundings of the detectionregion. In addition, in the case where the detection region is a placewhere there is no one who patrols and people rarely come and go, thetime slot having a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set asa time slot (e.g., 02:00-04:00 a.m.) when frequent infiltration occursaveragely. Further, in the case where the detection region is a privatehome, a store or an office, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g., 10:00 p.m.-06:00a.m.) when no one must be detected averagely. Moreover, in the casewhere the detection region is an elementary school, the time slot havinga high possibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot(e.g., 08:00 a.m.-16:00 p.m.) when no one must be detected exceptelementary school students averagely.

In addition, a time slot having a high possibility of occurrence of anevent in detection of the assault/kidnapping event is set as follows:

In the case where the detection region is a place where the surroundingsof the detection region is patrolled periodically by a person in chargeof patrol, the time slot having a high possibility of occurrence of theevent is set as a time slot (e.g., 02:00 a.m.-02:10 a.m.) other than thetime slot when an image is detected in which the person in charge ofpatrol patrols the detection region. In addition, in the case where thedetection region is a place where there is no one who patrols and manypeople come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g., 01:00-05:00 a.m.)when no one must exist averagely in the surroundings of the detectionregion. In addition, in the case where the detection region is a placewhere there is no one who patrols and people rarely come and go, thetime slot having a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set asa time slot (e.g., 04:00 a.m., etc.) when frequent assault/kidnappingoccurs averagely. Further, in the case where the detection region is aprivate home, a store or an office, the time slot having a highpossibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot (e.g.,01:00-05:00 a.m.) when no one must be detected averagely.

In particular, the vehicle-related data set by the operator in thecondition (C-3) includes a vehicle door closing sound, and the detectionof the data in which the smartphone SP roams around or goes far awayfrom a certain area in the condition (C-5) is performed in such a mannerthat a preset ‘question’ window having no connection with the warningsituation progress is displayed on a screen of the smartphone SP so thatan assailant of the assault/kidnapping event cannot know the warningsituation progress immediately after the condition (C-3) is fulfilled(see S604 of FIG. 4), i.e., if a warning transmission situation isexposed to the outside in a state in which an assailant seized anassaultee's terminal, harm may be done to the assaultee, in which casethe ‘question’ window having no connection with the warning situationprogress is displayed in order to prevent the warning situation progressfrom being exposed to the outside to protect the assaultee.), and if theassaultee does not have a preset answer to the question within a certaintime or makes a false answer to the question consecutively twice, thedata is detected as a warning situation.

The event conditions of the situation in which the human detected in theabove condition (B-1) moves in a state of having entered the outside orthe inside of the detection region (L21, L1) and which is set by thesituation recognition unit 30 are as follows: In the case where thedetected human crosses over a barbed wire fence S404 or a boundary wallinstalled in a border or a major national facility, the moving speed ofthe human S402 is lower than a certain speed (e.g., 100 m/h) and thesituation is silent; In the case where an object has a moving directionV3 generally perpendicular to the barbed wire fence or crosses over abarbed wire fence or a boundary wall installed in rice fields or fieldsand the crop is cheap (e.g., corn fields, etc.), the object is an animalthat is smaller than a human and is approximate to an elliptical shape(A21, A22) in its entirety; In the case where an object has a movingspeed higher than a certain speed (e.g., 10 km/h, etc.), has a voicepeculiar to animals, and has a moving speed lower than a certain speed(e.g., 1 km/h) in the course of giving damage to the crop, and the cropis expensive (e.g., ginseng fields, etc.), the object is a humanindividual; and In the case where an object has a moving speed lowerthan a certain speed (e.g., 2 km/h, etc.), has a moving direction V3generally perpendicular to the barbed wire fence or the boundary wall,or intrudes a private home, a stores or an office, the object is a humanindividual who has a very low moving speed (e.g., 1 km/h, etc.) and isvery quick (e.g., 7 km/h, etc.) when running away after the intrusion.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem S using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure is operated to monitor thesurrounding s of a barbed wire fence S404 of a border;

Referring to FIG. 2, a situation detection unit 20 of the presentdisclosure sets a specified portion of a GOP barbed wire fence S404 as adetection region L21 through a situation recognition unit 30, anddetects a human S501 who crosses over the border into a boundary line L1(step S410) so that when a border-crossing event of a border crossingperson S402 occurs (S460), the situation recognition unit 30 transmits awarning signal (S800) to a surrounding guard post C through acommunication network 40. The GOP barbed wire fence S404 a socialpattern in which soldiers who are in charge of performing border guardservices passes by the barbed wire fence while patrolling the barbedwire fence. In this case, the situation detection unit 20 detects thedetection region L21 during the time period other than a time slot whensoldiers patrol the barbed wire fence. When a human is detection at thetime point other than the patrol time slot, he or she is certainly aperson who tries to cross over the border into South Korea.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure detects intrusion and assault.

Referring to FIG. 3, the situation detection unit 20 of the presentdisclosure detects a specified portion of a bank door set by thesituation recognition unit 30 as a detection region L22. When thesituation detection unit 20 detects a human S501 who intrudes a bank(step S510) so that when an intrusion event of the intruder 5502 occurs(step S560), the situation recognition unit 30 transmits a warningsignal (S800) to a surrounding police operation room C through thecommunication network 40. The bank has a social pattern in which itstops doing business and closes. In this case, the situation detectionunit 20 detects the detection region L22 after the time when the bankcloses. When a human is detection at a time slot other than the bankclosing time, he or she is certainly a person who tries to intrude thebank.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a situation in which a warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure detects kidnapping.

Referring to FIG. 4, the situation is the case where the warning systemS using spatio-temporal situation data is installed in the user'ssmartphone SP for the purpose of ensuring a user individual's safety. Inthis case, the situation detection unit 20 of the smartphone SP mayinclude various sensor modules such as a camera sensor 11 of asmartphone PS, a microphone 12, a motion sensor 13, an accelerationsensor 14, a GPS, and a gyro sensor 16. The situation detection unit 20can set the surroundings of the user as a detection region (e.g., acircle with a radius of 3 m around the user) through the situationrecognition unit 30, and an example can be given in which someone boardsa cab (S602). In this case, the passenger is forced to close a cab doorimmediately after he or she sits on the cab's seat (S603). Themicrophone 12 of the situation detection unit detects the cab doorclosing sound (S610). As a result of detection, if it is detected that akidnapping event by a driver occurs (S660 to S680), the situationrecognition unit is set to transmit a warning signal to a surroundingpolice operation room C through a communication network 40. If the cabdoor is closed and then the cab starts to deviate from a route towardthe passenger′ home, there is a high possibility that the cab driverwill be a person who tries to kidnap the passenger.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a warning method using spatio-temporalsituation data in accordance with an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

Referring to FIG. 5, the situation recognition unit 30 determineswhether or not human-related data of any one of detection regionsL21-L23 is inputted through a sensor module 10 or the situationdetection unit 20 (step S100).

As a result of the determination, if it is determined that thehuman-related data are inputted, the situation recognition unit 30compares the inputted human-related data with preset data regarding thehuman individual and determines whether or not the inputtedhuman-related data is a human individual (step S200).

If is determined in step S200 that the inputted human-related data isthe human individual, the situation recognition unit 30 determineswhether or not the detection region (L21-L23) of which the inputtedhuman-related data is determined as the human individual is any oneselected from among a border-crossing/infiltration detection region, anarticle theft detection region, and an assault/kidnapping detectionregion, and then stores the human-related data in the storage unit 32(step S300).

As a result of the determination in step S300, if it is determined thatthe detection region is the border-crossing/infiltration detectionregion, the situation recognition unit 30 compares the detectedhuman-related data with data regarding set detection region, dataregarding the event conditions based on the spatio-temporal situationdata, and data regarding the human individual to determine whether ornot an event has occurred (step S400).

As a result of the determination in step S300, if it is determined thatthe detection region is the article theft detection region, thesituation recognition unit 30 compares the detected human-related datawith data regarding set detection region, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred (step S500).

As a result of the determination in step S300, if it is determined thatthe detection region is the assault/kidnapping detection region, thesituation recognition unit 30 compares the detected human-related datawith data regarding set detection region, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred (step S600).

If is determined in steps (S400-S600) that any one of aborder-crossing/infiltration event, an article theft event, and anassault/kidnapping event has occurred (step S750), the situationrecognition unit 30 transmits a warning signal to the external terminalC through the communication network 40 (step S800).

Hereinafter, the border-crossing/infiltration detection step (S400) ofFIG. 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a border-crossing/infiltration detectionprocess in a warning method using spatio-temporal situation data inaccordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Referring to FIG. 6, the situation recognition unit 30 compares thehuman-related data detected by the situation detection unit 20 with dataregarding set detection region, data regarding the event conditionsbased on the spatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding thehuman individual to determine whether or not an event has occurred (stepS420).

If it is determined that the human-related data is a human individualM21 as a result of the determination in step (S420), the situationrecognition unit 30 determines whether or not a condition A is satisfiedin which a human S401 determined as the human individual M21 is detectedas moving (M22) at a speed lower than a certain speed (e.g., a low speedof 500 m/h) set by an operator at a certain distance (e.g., less than 3m from the barbed wire fence line) set by an operator who is locatednear a detection region L21 at a certain time set by the operator(S430).

As a result of the determination in step S430, if it is determined thecondition A is satisfied, the situation recognition unit 30 determineswhether or not a condition A-1 is satisfied in which a human (S402)detected in the above condition (A) based on the spatio-temporalsituation data (step S440, step S450) is detected as abutting againstthe outermost portion of the detection region (e.g., a situation ofcutting the barbed wire fence while abutting against the detectionregion)(S401), the human detected in the above condition (A) is detectedas entering the outside or the inside of the detection region afterpassing through the outermost portion of the detection region (e.g., asituation of passing through the barbed wire fence by crossing over orcutting the barbed wire fence)(S403), or the human (S402) detected inthe above condition (A) is detected as moving in a certain direction(V3) set by the operator in a state of having entered the outside or theinside of the detection region (L21, L1) (e.g., a situation of runningaway by passing through the barbed wire fence)(S403)(step S460).

Subsequently, if it is determined that the condition A-1 of step S460 issatisfied as a result of the determination in step S460, the situationrecognition unit 30 determines that the current situation is a bordercrossing/infiltration detection situation and repeatedly performs theabove previous steps.

Hereinafter, the article theft detection step (S500) of FIG. 5 will bedescribed in detail with reference to FIG. 7.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an article theft detection process in awarning method using spatio-temporal situation data in accordance withan embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, the situation recognition unit 30 compares thehuman-related data (step 510) detected by the situation detection unit20 with data regarding set detection region, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred (step S520).

If it is determined that the human-related data is a human individualM24 as a result of the determination in step (S520), the situationrecognition unit 30 determines whether or not a condition B is satisfiedin which a human S501 determined as the human individual M24 is detectedas moving at a speed lower than a certain speed (e.g., a low speed of500 m/h) set by an operator at a certain distance set by an operator whois located near a detection region L22 at a certain time (i.e., from21:00 p.m. when all the employees leave the office to 07:00 a.m. whenthey come to work) set by the operator (S530).

As a result of the determination in step S530, if it is determined thecondition B is satisfied, the situation recognition unit 30 determineswhether or not a condition B-1 is satisfied in which a human (S501)detected in the above condition (B) based on the spatio-temporalsituation data (step S540, step S550) is detected as abutting againstthe outermost portion of the detection region L22 (e.g., a situation ofreaching an entrance door and abutting against a door handle by graspingthe door handle to intrude), the human detected in the above condition(B) is detected as entering the outside or the inside of the detectionregion after passing through the outermost portion of the detectionregion L22 (i.e., a state of opening the entrance door and thenintruding)(M24), the human (S501) detected in the above condition (B) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator (i.e., a state of running away at aspeed of more than 7 km/h with him/her carrying the loot) aftercombining with an object of a certain size (i.e., a state of holding aloot) in a state of having entered the inside of the detection region(M24)(not shown), or the human detected in the above condition (B) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator in a state of having entered theinside of the detection region (not shown) (step S560).

Subsequently, if it is determined that the condition B-1 of step S560 issatisfied as a result of the determination in step S560, the situationrecognition unit 30 determines that the current situation is an articletheft detection situation and repeatedly performs the above previoussteps.

Hereinafter, the assault/kidnapping detection step (S600) of FIG. 5 willbe described in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an assault/kidnapping detection processin a warning method using spatio-temporal situation data in accordancewith an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 8, the situation recognition unit 30 compares thehuman-related data (step 510) detected by the situation detection unit20 with data regarding set detection region, data regarding the eventconditions based on the spatio-temporal situation data, and dataregarding the human individual to determine whether or not an event hasoccurred (step S620).

If it is determined that the occurred event is a human individual as aresult of the determination in step (S620), the situation recognitionunit 30 determines whether or not a condition C is satisfied in which atleast two humans determined as human individuals (M25, M26) are detectedas moving at a speed lower than a certain speed (i.e., 500 m/h) set byan operator while approaching each other at a distance shorter than acertain distance (i.e., a distance less than of 1 m in a previous stepof the assault situation) set by the operator at a certain time (i.e.,the time when no one must exist) set by the operator (step S630).

If it is determined that the condition C of step (630) is satisfied as aresult of the determination in step (S630), the situation recognitionunit 30 determines whether or not a condition C-1 is satisfied in whicha scream- or violence-related noise detected for more than a certaintime from any one of the detected at least two humans (S601, S602) basedon the spatio-temporal situation data (step S640, step S650) in theabove condition C is greater than a scream- or violence-related noisereference (i.e., more than 80 dB) set by the operator, and then thescream- or violence-related noise is not re-detected within a certaintime or a laughing sound is not detected at least once (i.e., asituation where friends make a prank) (step S660).

If it is determined that the condition C of step (S630) is satisfied asa result of the determination in step (S630), the situation recognitionunit 30 determines whether or not a condition C-2 is satisfied in whichcertain data set by the operator is detected from any one of thedetected at least two humans based on the spatio-temporal situation data(step S640, step S650) for more than a certain time (e.g., 10 seconds)set by the operator (step S670).

If it is determined that the condition C of step (S630) is satisfied asa result of the determination in step (S630), the situation recognitionunit 30 determines whether or not a condition C-3 is satisfied in whichvehicle-related data (e.g., a car closing sound of more than 40 dB) andcertain data (e.g., scream or violence-related noise) set by theoperator are detected from any one of the detected at least two humans(S601, S602) for more than a certain time set by the operator (stepS680).

If it is determined that the condition C-3 of step (S680) is satisfiedas a result of the determination in step (S680), the situationrecognition unit 30 determines whether or not a condition C-4 issatisfied in which the certain data detected from any one of thedetected at least two humans (S601, S602) in the above condition (C-3)has a level lower than that of the certain data (i.e., less than 80 dBset as a violence-related noise reference) in the condition C-2, any one(i.e., an assaultee) of the detected at least two humans human(S601,S602) holds a smartphone SP installed with the warning system S usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 1, and at which timethe situation recognition unit 30 of the terminal C automaticallytransmits a warning signal to a certain contact C set by the operatorand does not receive, more than the number of times set by the operator,a signal from a person concerned of the contact C set by the operator(step S690).

If it is determined that the condition C-3 of step (S680) is satisfiedas a result of the determination in step (S680), the situationrecognition unit 30 determines whether or not a condition C-5 issatisfied in which if any one case is fulfilled from among the casewhere data in which the smartphone SP roams around or goes far away froma certain area is detected for more than a certain time set by theoperator, the case where the warning system S using spatio-temporalsituation data is terminated without undergoing a certain terminationprocess, and the case where the warning system using spatio-temporalsituation data is not operated for more than a certain time (e.g., 1minutes) set by the operator from a time point when data regarding theabnormal termination situation is transmitted to a terminal C of theperson concerned, the inventive system S installed in the terminal Cprimarily automatically transmits a warning signal to the certaincontact C set by the operator, at which time if the system does notreceive, more than the number of times for more than a certain time setby the operator, a signal from a person concerned of the contact C setby the operator, the inventive system S installed in the terminal Csecondarily automatically transmits the warning signal to the certaincontact C set by the operator and then does not receive, more than thenumber of times for more than a certain time (e.g., 5 seconds) set bythe operator, a signal from the person concerned of the contact C set bythe operator (step S700).

Subsequently, if it is determined that the conditions C-1 to C-5 ofsteps (S660 to S700) are satisfied as a result of the determination insteps (S660 to S700), the situation recognition unit 30 determines thatthe current situation is an assault/kidnapping detection situation andrepeatedly performs the above previous steps.

While the present disclosure has been described in connection with thespecific embodiments illustrated in the drawings, they are merelyillustrative, and the invention is not limited to these embodiments. Itis to be understood that various equivalent modifications and variationsof the embodiments can be made by a person having an ordinary skill inthe art without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentdisclosure. Therefore, the true technical scope of the presentdisclosure should not be defined by the above-mentioned embodiments butshould be defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

What is claimed is:
 1. A warning system using spatio-temporal situationdata, comprising: a situation detection unit including a sensor modulefor detecting at least one human-related data among position, video,audio, vibration, motion and environment information of an environmentrequiring an early warning for various types of security and anti-crimesituations; a situation recognition unit for setting one or moredetection regions which are to be detected by the situation detectionunit and event conditions based on spatio-temporal situation data,setting a human individual as a human detection condition based on thespatio-temporal situation data, comparing the human-related datadetected by the situation detection unit with data regarding the setdetection regions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred, and transmitting awarning signal to an external terminal through a communication networkif it is determined that the event has occurred; a storage unit forstoring the human-related data detected by the situation detection unit,the data regarding the detection regions set by the situationrecognition unit, the data regarding the spatio-temporal eventconditions of humans to be detected, and the data regarding the humanindividual; a time data reception unit for receiving current timeinformation; and an input unit for inputting the spatio-temporalsituation data on which the setting of the detection regions to bedetected, the human individual, and the event conditions is based;wherein the spatio-temporal situation data comprises data regarding aparticular time slot-specific physiological pattern and a particulartime slot-specific social pattern that are distinct from othercreatures, data regarding time slot-specific crime rates, data regardinga physiological behavior pattern and a social behavior pattern that aretaken by the human at the place at a particular time slot in a criminalsituation, and data regarding a particular behavior pattern associatedwith a criminal situation at the place, is configured based onstatistical data and scientific data, and is used as a standard datathat determines a threshold value for the detection of the event by thesituation recognition unit.
 2. The warning system using spatio-temporalsituation data according to claim 1, wherein the external terminal towhich the warning signal from the situation recognition unit is to betransmitted is a control PC of a CCTV control center, a police operationroom, or a smartphone and receives the warning signal from the situationrecognition unit, and a transmission contact number of the situationrecognition unit is directly set by an operator through the input unit.3. The warning system using spatio-temporal situation data according toclaim 1, wherein the warning system using spatio-temporal situation datais installed and operated in a smartphone and a CCTV control PC of anindividual and an enterprise requiring security/anti-crime.
 4. Thewarning system using spatio-temporal situation data according to claim1, wherein the time data reception unit receives exact time datanecessary to allow the situation recognition unit to compare thespatio-temporal situation data and the data regarding the humanindividual of the human with the detected human-related data todetermine whether or not the event has occurred at the moment when thehuman is detected by the situation detection unit.
 5. The warning systemusing spatio-temporal situation data according to claim 1, wherein thehuman detection condition of the human individual, which is set by thesituation recognition unit, is composed of threshold values such assituation-specific images of the human according to expectedspatio-temporal situation-specific activity patterns of a human whoperforms border-crossing/infiltration/theft/assault/kidnapping,stumbling or swinging motion, voice, footstep and distinctive movementspeed/direction, and noises made by the human.
 6. The warning systemusing spatio-temporal situation data according to claim 1, wherein theevent conditions according to the spatio-temporal situation-specificactivity patterns, which are set by the situation recognition unitcomprise at least one of a border-crossing/infiltration detectioncondition, an article theft detection condition, and anassault/kidnapping detection condition.
 7. The warning system usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 6, wherein theborder-crossing/infiltration detection condition comprises (A) a casewhere a condition is satisfied in which a human determined as a humanindividual is detected as moving at a speed lower than a certain speedset by an operator at a certain distance set by an operator who islocated near a detection region at a certain time set by the operator;and (A-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a humandetected in the above condition (A) is detected as abutting against theoutermost portion of the detection region, the human detected in theabove condition (A) is detected as entering the outside or the inside ofthe detection region after passing through the outermost portion of thedetection region, or the human detected in the above condition (A) isdetected as moving in a certain direction set by the operator in a stateof having entered the outside or the inside of the detection region. 8.The warning system using spatio-temporal situation data according toclaim 6, wherein the article theft detection condition comprises (B) acase where a condition is satisfied in which a human determined as ahuman individual is detected as moving at a speed lower than a certainspeed set by an operator at a certain distance set by an operator who islocated near a detection region at a certain time set by the operator;and (B-1) a case where a condition is satisfied in which a humandetected in the above condition (B) is detected as abutting against theoutermost portion of the detection region, the human detected in theabove condition (B) is detected as entering the outside or the inside ofthe detection region after passing through the outermost portion of thedetection region, the human detected in the above condition (B) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator after combining with an object of acertain size in a state of having entered the inside of the detectionregion, or the human detected in the above condition (B) is detected asmoving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than a certain speedset by the operator in a state of having entered the inside of thedetection region.
 9. The warning system using spatio-temporal situationdata according to claim 6, wherein the assault/kidnapping detectioncondition comprises: (C) a case where a condition is satisfied in whichat least two humans determined as human individuals are detected asmoving at a speed lower than a certain speed set by an operator whileapproaching each other at a distance shorter than a certain distance setby the operator at a certain time set by the operator; (C-1) a casewhere a condition is satisfied in which a scream- or violence-relatednoise detected for more than a certain time from any one of the detectedat least two humans based on the spatio-temporal situation data in theabove condition is greater than a scream- or violence-related noisereference set by the operator, and then the scream- or violence-relatednoise is not re-detected within a certain time or a laughing sound isnot detected at least once; (C-2) a case where a condition is satisfiedin which certain data set by the operator is detected from any one ofthe detected at least two humans for more than a certain time set by theoperator in the above condition (C); (C-3) a case where a condition issatisfied in which vehicle-related data and certain data set by theoperator are detected from any one of the detected at least two humansfor more than a certain time set by the operator in the above condition(C); (C-4) a case where a condition is satisfied in which if the certaindata detected from any one of the detected at least two humans in theabove condition (C-3) has a level lower than that of the certain data inthe above condition (C-2), any one of the detected at least two humansholds a smartphone SP installed with the warning system S usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 1, and at which timethe situation recognition unit of the terminal C automatically transmitsa warning signal to a certain contact C set by the operator and does notreceive, more than the number of times set by the operator, a signalfrom a person concerned of the contact C set by the operator; and (C-5)a case where a condition is satisfied in which if any one case isfulfilled from among the case where data in which the smartphone SProams around or goes far away from a certain area is detected for morethan a certain time set by the operator, the case where the warningsystem S using spatio-temporal situation data is terminated withoutundergoing a certain termination process, and the case where the warningsystem using spatio-temporal situation data is not operated for morethan a certain time set by the operator from a time point when dataregarding the abnormal termination situation is transmitted to aterminal C of the person concerned, in the above condition (C-3), theinventive system S installed in the terminal C primarily automaticallytransmits a warning signal to the certain contact C set by the operator,at which time if the system does not receive, more than the number oftimes for more than a certain time set by the operator, a signal from aperson concerned of the contact C set by the operator, the inventivesystem S installed in the terminal C secondarily automatically transmitsthe warning signal to the certain contact C set by the operator and thendoes not receive, more than the number of times for more than a certaintime set by the operator, a signal from the person concerned of thecontact C set by the operator.
 10. The warning system usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 6, wherein a time slothaving a high possibility of occurrence of an event in detection of theborder-crossing/infiltration event is set as follows: In the case wherethe detection region is a border, the time slot having a highpossibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot other thanthe time slot when an image is detected in which soldiers who are incharge of performing border guard services patrol the border; In thecase where the detection region is a major national facility, the timeslot having a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set as atime slot when no one must exist averagely in the surroundings of abarbed wire fence or a boundary wall; In the case where the detectionregion is rice fields or fields, the time slot having a high possibilityof occurrence of the event is set as a time slot when frequentinfiltration occurs averagely; In the case where the detection region isa private home, a store or an office, the time slot having a highpossibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot when no onemust come in and go out averagely; or In the case where the detectionregion is an elementary school, the time slot having a high possibilityof occurrence of the event is set as a time slot when no one must bedetected except elementary school students averagely, wherein a timeslot having a high possibility of occurrence of an event in detection ofthe article theft event is set as follows: In the case where thedetection region is a place where the surroundings of the detectionregion is patrolled periodically by a person in charge of patrol, thetime slot having a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set asa time slot other than the time slot when an image is detected in whichthe person in charge of patrol patrols the detection region; In the casewhere the detection region is a place where there is no one who patrolsand many people come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot when no one must existaveragely in the surroundings of the detection region; In the case wherethe detection region is a place where there is no one who patrols andpeople rarely come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot when frequent infiltrationoccurs; In the case where the detection region is a private home, astore or an office, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot when no one must bedetected averagely; or In the case where the detection region is anelementary school, the time slot having a high possibility of occurrenceof the event is set as a time slot when no one must be detected exceptelementary school students averagely; and wherein a time slot having ahigh possibility of occurrence of an event in detection of theassault/kidnapping event is set as follows: In the case where thedetection region is a place where the surroundings of the detectionregion is patrolled periodically by a person in charge of patrol, thetime slot having a high possibility of occurrence of the event is set asa time slot other than the time slot when an image is detected in whichthe person in charge of patrol patrols the detection region; In the casewhere the detection region is a place where there is no one who patrolsand many people come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot when no one must existaveragely in the surroundings of the detection region; In the case wherethe detection region is a place where there is no one who patrols andpeople rarely come and go, the time slot having a high possibility ofoccurrence of the event is set as a time slot when frequentassault/kidnapping occurs averagely; and In the case where the detectionregion is a private home, a store or an office, the time slot having ahigh possibility of occurrence of the event is set as a time slot whenno one must be detected averagely.
 11. The warning system usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 7, wherein the eventconditions of the situation in which the detected human moves in a stateof having entered the outside or the inside of the detection region andwhich is set by the situation recognition unit are as follows: In thecase where the detected human crosses over a barbed wire fence Sor aboundary wall installed in a border or a major national facility, themoving speed of the human is lower than a certain speed and thesituation is silent; In the case where an object has a moving directiongenerally perpendicular to the barbed wire fence or crosses over abarbed wire fence or a boundary wall installed in rice fields or fieldsand the crop is cheap, the object is an animal that is smaller than ahuman and is approximate to an elliptical shape in its entirety; In thecase where an object has a moving speed higher than a certain speed, hasa voice peculiar to animals, and has a moving speed lower than a certainspeed in the course of giving damage to the crop, and the crop isexpensive, the object is a human individual; and In the case where anobject has a moving speed lower than a certain speed, has a movingdirection generally perpendicular to the barbed wire fence or theboundary wall, or intrudes a private home, a stores or an office, theobject is a human individual who has a very low moving speed and is veryquick when running away after the intrusion.
 12. The warning systemusing spatio-temporal situation data according to claim 9, wherein thevehicle-related data set by the operator in the condition (C-3)comprises a vehicle door closing sound.
 13. The warning system usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 9, wherein thedetection of the data in which the smartphone SP roams around or goesfar away from a certain area in the condition (C-5) is performed in sucha manner that a preset ‘question’ window having no connection with thewarning situation progress is displayed on a screen of the smartphone SPso that an assailant of the assault/kidnapping event cannot know thewarning situation progress immediately after the condition (C-3) isfulfilled, and if the assaultee does not have a preset answer to thequestion within a certain time or makes a false answer to the questionconsecutively twice, the data is detected as a warning situation. 14.The warning system using spatio-temporal situation data according toclaim 5, wherein the situation-specific image data used to detect thehuman among data regarding the human individual set by the operator isset as a long elliptical shape similar to the outward appearance of ahuman, a shape in which a small circle similar to the shape of a headportion of the human and a long elliptical shape similar to that of abody portion of the human under the head portion are combined with eachother, or a shape in which the small circle similar to the shape of thehead portion of the human and a long rectangular shape similar to thatof the body portion of the human under the head portion are combinedwith each other.
 15. The warning system using spatio-temporal situationdata according to claim 14, wherein the image data is detected as ahuman when it is determined that a situation of the figure is a form inwhich the figure is generally perpendicular to the ground surface and amoving speed is a ‘walking or running speed’ or when it is determinedthat the figure is a form in which the figure is generally in parallelwith the ground surface and the moving speed is a ‘crawling speed’ inthe case where the image data is a distinctive figure in which arelatively small and round-shaped figure abuts against the uppermost endof the long elliptical shape or the long rectangular shape of thefigure, or the image data is detected as a human when it is determinedthat a situation of the figure is a situation in which ‘the figure staysat a place for more than a certain period of time set by an operator’ inthe case where the image data is a round circular shaped figure, and theimage data is detected as an animal in the case other than theabove-described conditions.
 16. The warning system using spatio-temporalsituation data according to claim 15, wherein a sensor module of thesituation detection unit for detecting the human based on the image dataperforms a detection function through at least one of a camera sensorand a motion sensor, and a sensor module for detecting the ‘walking orrunning speed’ of the human performs a detection function through atleast one of a camera sensor, a microphone, and a vibration sensor. 17.A warning method using a spatio-temporal situation data warning systemaccording to claim 1, comprising the steps of: (1) allowing a situationrecognition unit to determine whether or not human-related data of atleast one of detection regions is inputted through a sensor module of asituation detection unit; (2) allowing the situation recognition unit tocompare the inputted human-related data with preset human individualdata and determine whether or not the inputted human-related data is ahuman individual of the preset human individual data; (3) allowing thesituation recognition unit to determine whether or not the detectionregion of which the inputted human-related data is determined as thehuman individual is any one selected from among aborder-crossing/infiltration detection region, an article theftdetection region, and an assault/kidnapping detection region, and thenstore the human-related data in a storage unit; (4) allowing, if it isdetermined that the detection region is the border-crossing/infiltrationdetection region, the situation recognition unit to compare the detectedhuman-related data with data regarding set detection regions, dataregarding the event conditions based on the spatio-temporal situationdata, and data regarding the human individual to determine whether ornot an event has occurred; (5) allowing, if it is determined that thedetection region is the article theft detection region, the situationrecognition unit to compare the detected human-related data with dataregarding set detection regions, data regarding the event conditionsbased on the spatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding thehuman individual to determine whether or not an event has occurred; (6)allowing, if it is determined that the detection region is theassault/kidnapping detection region, the situation recognition unit tocompare the detected human-related data with data regarding setdetection regions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred; and (7) allowing, ifis determined that any one of a border-crossing/infiltration event, anarticle theft event, and an assault/kidnapping event has occurred, thesituation recognition unit to transmit a warning signal to an externalterminal through a communication network.
 18. The warning method usingspatio-temporal situation data according to claim 17, wherein step (4)comprises the steps of: (4-1) allowing, if it is determined that thedetection region where the human is detected is the bordercrossing/infiltration detection region as a result of the determinationin step (3), the situation recognition unit to compare the human-relateddata detected by the situation detection unit with data regarding setdetection regions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred; (4-2) allowing, if itis determined that the human-related data is a human individual as aresult of the determination in step (4-1), the situation recognitionunit to determine whether or not a condition A is satisfied in which ahuman determined as the human individual is detected as moving at aspeed lower than a certain speed set by an operator at a certaindistance set by an operator who is located near a detection region at acertain time set by the operator; (4-3) allowing, if it is determinedthat the condition of step (4-2) is satisfied as a result of thedetermination in step (4-2), the situation recognition unit to determinewhether or not a condition A-1 is satisfied in which a human detectedbased on the spatio-temporal situation data is detected as abuttingagainst the outermost portion of the detection region, the humandetected in the above condition of step (4-2) is detected as enteringthe outside or the inside of the detection region after passing throughthe outermost portion of the detection region, or the human detected inthe above condition of step (S4-2) is detected as moving in a certaindirection set by the operator in a state of having entered the outsideor the inside of the detection region; and (4-4) allowing, if it isdetermined that the condition of step (4-3) is satisfied as a result ofthe determination in step (4-3), the situation recognition unit todetermine that the current situation is a border crossing/infiltrationsituation and repeatedly perform the above previous steps.
 19. Thewarning method using spatio-temporal situation data according to claim17, wherein step (5) comprises the steps of: (5-1) allowing, if it isdetermined that the detection region where the human is detected is thearticle theft detection region as a result of the determination in step(3), the situation recognition unit to compare the human-related datadetected by the situation detection unit with data regarding setdetection regions, data regarding the event conditions based on thespatio-temporal situation data, and data regarding the human individualto determine whether or not an event has occurred; (5-2) allowing, if itis determined that the human-related data is a human individual as aresult of the determination in step (5-1), the situation recognitionunit to determine whether or not a condition B is satisfied in which ahuman determined as the human individual is detected as moving at aspeed lower than a certain speed set by an operator at a certaindistance set by an operator who is located near a detection region at acertain time set by the operator; (5-3) allowing, if it is determinedthat the condition of step (5-2) is satisfied as a result of thedetermination in step (5-2), the situation recognition unit todetermines whether or not a condition B-1 is satisfied in which a humandetected in the above condition (B) based on the spatio-temporalsituation data is detected as abutting against the outermost portion ofthe detection region, the human detected in the condition (B) of step(5-2) is detected as entering the outside or the inside of the detectionregion after passing through the outermost portion of the detectionregion, the human detected in the condition (B) of step (5-2) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator after combining with an object of acertain size in a state of having entered the inside of the detectionregion, or the human detected in the condition (B) of step (5-2) isdetected as moving in a certain direction and at a speed higher than acertain speed set by the operator in a state of having entered theinside of the detection region; and (5-4) allowing, if it is determinedthat the condition of step (5-3) is satisfied as a result of thedetermination in step (5-3), the situation recognition unit to determinethat the current situation is an article theft detection situation andrepeatedly perform the above previous steps.
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The warning methodusing spatio-temporal situation data according to claim 17, wherein step(6) comprises the steps of: (6-1) allowing, if it is determined that thedetection region where the human is detected is the assault/kidnappingdetection region as a result of the determination in step (3), thesituation recognition unit to compare the human-related data detected bythe situation detection unit with data regarding set detection regions,data regarding the event conditions based on the spatio-temporalsituation data, and data regarding the human individual to determinewhether or not an event has occurred; (6-2) allowing, if it isdetermined that the occurred event is a human individual as a result ofthe determination in step (6-1), the situation recognition unit todetermine whether or not a condition is satisfied in which at least twohumans determined as human individuals are detected as moving at a speedlower than a certain speed set by an operator while approaching eachother at a distance shorter than a certain distance set by the operatorat a certain time set by the operator; (6-3) allowing, if it isdetermined that the condition of step (6-2) is satisfied as a result ofthe determination in step (6-2), the situation recognition unit todetermine whether or not a condition is satisfied in which a scream- orviolence-related noise detected for more than a certain time from anyone of the detected at least two humans based on the spatio-temporalsituation data in the above condition is greater than a scream- orviolence-related noise reference set by the operator, and then thescream- or violence-related noise is not re-detected within a certaintime or a laughing sound is not detected at least once; (6-4) allowing,if it is determined that the condition of step (6-2) is satisfied as aresult of the determination in step (6-2), the situation recognitionunit to determine whether or not a condition is satisfied in whichcertain data set by the operator is detected from any one of thedetected at least two humans based on the spatio-temporal situation datafor more than a certain time set by the operator; (6-5) allowing, if itis determined that the condition of step (6-2) is satisfied as a resultof the determination in step (6-2), the situation recognition unit todetermine whether or not a condition is satisfied in whichvehicle-related data and certain data set by the operator are detectedfrom any one of the detected at least two humans for more than a certaintime set by the operator; (6-6) allowing, if it is determined that thecondition of step (6-5) is satisfied as a result of the determination instep (6-5), the situation recognition unit to determine whether or not acondition is satisfied in which the certain data detected from any oneof the detected at least two humans in the above condition (C-3) has alevel lower than that of the certain data in step (6-4), any one of thedetected at least two humans holds a smartphone SP installed with thewarning system S using spatio-temporal situation data according to claim1, and at which time the situation recognition unit of the terminal Cautomatically transmits a warning signal to a certain contact C set bythe operator and does not receive, more than the number of times set bythe operator, a signal from a person concerned of the contact C set bythe operator; (6-7) allowing, if it is determined that the condition ofstep (6-5) is satisfied as a result of the determination in step (6-5),the situation recognition unit to determine whether or not a conditionis satisfied in which if any one case is fulfilled from among the casewhere data in which the smartphone SP roams around or goes far away froma certain area is detected for more than a certain time set by theoperator, the case where the warning system S using spatio-temporalsituation data is terminated without undergoing a certain terminationprocess, and the case where the warning system using spatio-temporalsituation data according to claim 1 is not operated for more than acertain time set by the operator from a time point when data regardingthe abnormal termination situation is transmitted to a terminal C of theperson concerned, the inventive system S installed in the terminal Cprimarily automatically transmits a warning signal to the certaincontact C set by the operator, at which time if the system does notreceive, more than the number of times for more than a certain time setby the operator, a signal from a person concerned of the contact C setby the operator, the inventive system S installed in the terminal Csecondarily automatically transmits the warning signal to the certaincontact C set by the operator and then does not receive, more than thenumber of times for more than a certain time set by the operator, asignal from the person concerned of the contact C set by the operator;and (6-8) allowing, if it is determined that the conditions of steps(6-4 to 6-7) is satisfied as a result of the determination in steps (6-4to 6-7), the situation recognition unit to determine that the currentsituation is an assault/kidnapping detection situation and repeatedlyperform the above previous steps.